Canada
Inuvik
A Mackenzie Delta town grows gardens under midnight sun inside an old hockey arena.
The igloo-shaped church and bright utilidor lines say the Arctic builds differently. Inside the converted arena, tomato plants ripen at midnight in July.
Inuvik anchors the delta where the Dempster ends and the Inuvialuit and Gwich'in homelands meet. North America's northernmost commercial greenhouse fills the old arena with beds worked under twenty-four-hour light, while an Inuvialuit-owned restaurant sources from local hunters and fishers. Boat and air days open the delta's braided vastness.
Solo
The greenhouse, delta flights and community scale suit independent Arctic travel.
- The Dempster ends where the Mackenzie Delta begins.
- An old arena grows food under twenty-four-hour summer light.
- Inuvialuit and Gwich'in homelands meet in the town's daily life.
Mamaqtuq, Inuvialuit-owned, sources from local hunters and fishers to honour the region's food traditions.
The community greenhouse grows the delta's freshest produce under midnight sun.
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